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Overdoing it
In reply to the couponing issue in the Hotline, it may be true, but manufacturers issue coupons so customers can use them, but not abuse them. For example, you have people going to the store using 20 coupons on the same item. That’s called abuse and fraud.

Sure, the Hillsville Flea Market & Gun Show looks big when you're in the middle of it, but pull back a few hundred feet and you can appreciate the sheer magnitude of the annual event that brings a quarter-million people to town hunting bargains, treasures and deep-fried treats. Marcus Ogle shared with us this aerial photo taken the afternoon of Sept. 3.

HILLSVILLE –– Carroll County battled evenly for more than three quarters for the second straight week only to come up short again in the fourth quarter, dropping a 21-6 nondistrict loss to Mount Airy, N.C., Friday at Tommy Thompson Field.

The Granite Bears (2-1) held a slim 7-6 lead entering the fourth quarter but put together a quick six-play, 81-yard drive to widen the margin to 13 points two minutes into the fourth.

An outdoor stage to be constructed this year in a wooded area behind the office of the Arts Council of the Twin Counties will commemorate 37 years of the Galax Theatre Guild.
“When I came here and I saw this spot, I thought, ‘What a perfect place for an outdoor concert,’” said Laura Romanowski, director of the arts council. “We wanted something permanent to match the many years that the guild spent producing plays.”

Police say a 34-year-old man hung himself from a tree in full view of users of the New River Trail near Dannelly Park on Aug. 30.

A trail user called authorities at about 5:49 p.m. to get help from the Carroll County Sheriff's Office and rescue squad personnel. The man used two dog leashes to hang himself from a pine tree, according to a deputy's report.